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The text is that of the 1861 first edition. Contexts includes contemporary responses to Incidents , selections from Jacobs's other published writings, and extracts from her correspondence. Criticism includes eleven important assessments of the narrative, contributed by Jean Fagan... Read Full Overview

Not only one of the last of over one hundred slave narratives published separately before the Civil War, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) is also one of the few existing narratives written by a woman. It offers a unique perspective on the complex plight of the black... Read Full Overview

This enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative completes the Jacobs family saga, surely one of the most memorable in all of American history. John S. Jacobs's short slave narrative, A True Tale of Slavery, published in London in 1861, adds... Read Full Overview

This enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative now completes the Jacobs family saga, surely one of the most memorable in all of American history. John Jacobs's short slave narrative, A True Tale of Slavery, published in London in 1861, adds a brother's... Read Full Overview

A nice illustrated edition of this classic, powerful autobiography about slavery in the nineteenth century in America. Also includes The Anti-Slavery Alphabet.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, is an autobiography by Harriet Jacobs, a mother and fugitive slave,... Read Full Overview

First published in 1861 under a pseudonym, this is the autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, a mother, fugitive and slave. The book outlines her life, the struggles she faced as a female slave as well as the hardship she endured to protect her children and the fear of them being sold... Read Full Overview

In 1861, Harriet Jacobs became the first formerly enslaved African American woman to publish a book-length account of her life. In crafting her coming-of-age story, she insisted upon biographical accuracy and bold creativity--telling the truth while giving herself and others... Read Full Overview

"An example of endurance and persistency in the struggle for liberty" - London Daily News In this harrowing and poignant autobiography, Harriet Ann Jacobs, unveils the brutal reality of life as an enslaved woman in 19th-century America. "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"... Read Full Overview

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author, Harriet Ann Jacobs. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent.

"One of the major autobiographies of the African-American tradition."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr.